# (Artemis related) flatearthers -\> moon also flat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026 "2026-04-04T16:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/1 "2026-04-04T16:37:21Z")
I am just wondering … do flatearthers believe that just the earth is flat or are all other planets/moons/suns flat as well for them? … I am just asking questions here … ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/2 "2026-04-04T16:55:35Z")
You need to pay the membership fee, and not just the basic one, for access to _that_ kind of information. What are you trying to pull? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/3 "2026-04-04T17:16:32Z")
Space is fake. The moon and the sun are below the firmament. Being made of ectoplasm, they have no physical forms. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/4 "2026-04-04T21:56:30Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Being made of ectoplasm, they have no physical forms. I can prove that statement is false with one word - [Slimer](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=24f50bc0831b3fb1&udm=2&fbs=ADc_l-bZnt6jMmErT-KRarIgXyuyEbgLVbVrL19D752u5Zq1JxsknUc6k2WnAYdF3IRSWkTk95d2vaU2uQotuOUIDN-9QNBRdE91MEEBkeIDYQ9yZeyuhEI3XNX_dH6Q2XriHL7dcYSTYgF0RGB378ZYjeaI6nLsjDGlLGC46aoU5kPH0WYmGQUtEMH31Q31IaKHU4N0gkstvmKoaalDZsGM43Pj_rkgjPzel1mVILgKh3JsB9smTVc&q=Slimer) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/5 "2026-04-04T22:19:56Z")
Depends on which crank you ask. I’ve heard; - The other planets are round, it’s just the Earth that’s flat because it’s the center of creation - The Moon is actually very small and only a couple thousand feet up - Something happened to the real Moon and what we see in the sky is a hologram projected by NASA - The Moon is Jesus - The Moon and the Sun are the same size And probably some others I’m forgetting. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/6 "2026-04-05T01:27:20Z")
You joker! Everybody knows the work of Michelson and Morley on the pataphysical properties of ectoplasm. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/7 "2026-04-05T12:14:35Z")
I keep getting posts on FB about ectoplasm - so there MUST be something going on, … right??? I will do my own research now on tik-tok ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/8 "2026-04-05T12:15:09Z")
The moon is a light, not sure how that works, think it’s like a magic thing to them. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/9 "2026-04-05T12:16:28Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > You joker! Everybody knows the work of Michelson and Morley on the pataphysical properties of ectoplasm. Ether you get that joke, or you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/10 "2026-04-05T16:20:54Z")
Michelson and Morley used a light table to prove that there is no ether, a medium thought to be necessary for light to travel. I think I kind of sort of get it. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/11 "2026-04-05T16:41:16Z")
Might want to check my spelling more closely. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/12 "2026-04-05T18:05:56Z")
… The moon is just an optical effect caused by the sun, which is why they are always exactly opposite each other in the sky. (I mean, they aren’t, because eclipses for one thing, but I have seen flerfs earnestly arguing that the moon is just a thing the sky does at opposition of the sun) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/13 "2026-04-05T19:32:55Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I can prove that statement is false with one word - > > [Slimer](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=24f50bc0831b3fb1&udm=2&fbs=ADc_l-bZnt6jMmErT-KRarIgXyuyEbgLVbVrL19D752u5Zq1JxsknUc6k2WnAYdF3IRSWkTk95d2vaU2uQotuOUIDN-9QNBRdE91MEEBkeIDYQ9yZeyuhEI3XNX_dH6Q2XriHL7dcYSTYgF0RGB378ZYjeaI6nLsjDGlLGC46aoU5kPH0WYmGQUtEMH31Q31IaKHU4N0gkstvmKoaalDZsGM43Pj_rkgjPzel1mVILgKh3JsB9smTVc&q=Slimer) Total AI. Don’t hand me that stuff about AI not existing then. I believe that NASA created fake globes in the 16th century to trick the world so of course I believe that AI existed in 1984. It explains everything. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/14 "2026-04-05T19:56:36Z")
People, people, it’s all done on a sound stage. Ockham’s Razor! ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/15 "2026-04-05T21:22:44Z")
Pardon my digression. Here is a great PR stunt for one of the 3 space tourism companies. They should issue a press release offering a free top tier ride to the president of The Flat Earth Society, making sure to mention the retail price. There is only one condition. Upon return he (presumably) must publicly acknowledge that the Earth is indeed a sphere and disband the organization. This stunt would cost the company nothing except the opportunity cost of that seat, which very well might already be empty. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/16 "2026-04-05T21:32:37Z")
> [@susan](#): > > People, people, it’s all done on a sound stage. Ockham’s Razor! Don’t be silly. NASA _did_ hire Stanley Kubrick to fake the moon landings but he was such a stickler for authenticity he insisted it be shot on location. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/17 "2026-04-06T00:35:40Z")
> [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > Upon return why bother? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/18 "2026-04-06T01:41:05Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > (I mean, they aren’t, because eclipses for one thing, but I have seen flerfs earnestly arguing that the moon is just a thing the sky does at opposition of the sun) The fact that for ~2 weeks per month you can see the Sun and Moon up in the sky simultaneously and near enough to one another that they’re obviously, smack-in-the-face obviously, not in opposition _should_ debunk that theory. And yet they believe the nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/19 "2026-04-06T02:25:41Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > > [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > > > Upon return > > why bother? Publicity ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026/20 "2026-04-06T03:52:06Z")
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